Características de la cadena de valor en la comercialización de la madera de pino en el cantón Saraguro.

Abstract

The species pinus patula appeared in Saraguro about 40 years ago from a plan promoted by exPREDESUR (absorbed by SENAGUA) in order to reforest the canton, the forests are already in harvest season so that several producers have organized in communes to market the pine wood. This study determines the characteristics of the value chain in the marketing of pine wood in the canton Saraguro. We used a bibliographical research and field research that through the application of the survey and interview was obtained as results, 51% of the producers commercialized the pine, meanwhile 45% would choose to market, but for different factors found do not realize. 90% of production is transformed into a single product "pallets", which are marketed to the national market in coastal cities such as Machala and Guayaquil that serve as support for him shipped several products from the ports of Ecuador to the rest of the world.